Marking-machine.



F. A. PUTNAM 6L C. F. ROBBINS.

MARKING MAGHNB.

APPLIUATIAON FILED JULY 2, 1914.

Panted. Mar. 16, 1915.

2 SHEETS-SHEET 1.

nVeMm-s. Fred A'Punailn @hariw Robbins F. A. PUTNAM a C. F. ROBBINS.

MARKING MACHINE.

APPLIUATION FILED JULY 2, 1914.

2 SHEETS-SHEET 2.

Wi'nesses. Inven'ors.

` v Fred A.Pu'nc1m r f Charles F Hobbms toglie-,Union flied 31x13 53,

that we, Si, Former.. e? flsitizeue for toe L rose,

@t le saohusette, respeetveiy, .here inv eh i the 'l'oiloviiig deseriptim9 *i m connection with 'the accompanying firewing, is e specification, like diameters on 'the drawing repreeentmg ilite perte.

"we tion relates Ex ,iii D marking reef oil-ieee e printing or intieoeluientiyy typo members and menus ,ving `aid prilti 0' limiti toward und "ie piet-eri, .ii-king machines of this used :i vnlicty of' purposes,

nature I airlong ethere beine' that et meri vog certain.

euch, instance, ne the cese number, number; etc.i on the lining, quarters end other parte going to maire up a boot or Shoe, there parte being marked after they are -printing one line7 the ont so that they een foe readily identified es they are assembled in the completed shoe. ln some uurliing i'imoliines of this type it is desire'ile to have the printed tinte appear on two linee, and this i eoeon'ipiiehed by providing 1i type plaie 'whleii is suetni ed oy the printing iieei euri which oe, ries-th i n i I other line being printed by ltle zuijiustixbie typemembera in seme inetem it is: tieeirebietiet tile printing iuip" mede by the tjpe plete sii Ould be ewluiteifi closely ef'ijaoent to the iine ou whieii the rotary type members make their impz'ee oiu3 mui it is one of the objects or". our invention to provide e. novel marking machine in which this end can be eccomplislied Without any dangersthat the goods vWil ne emoareci by fthe type characters ori the type memberswhieh are adjacent Vto those that-:rre in printiiig; position.

Another object of our inventing .is te prf vide ey lfiorei marking machine of this nature ,haring provision for moving the type plete relative to the type members so that when the .printing hea d 1e in operative printing poeitieutiieitypeeiierectere on the printing pei-idee; oieime.

, rieti in tire-two eide pieces ef tfeef te will lise situated leieeeiyy eeijeeent 'th peretive type characters on Vthe type mem,-

re; while when :the machine is Drought to the tfweiglte will. be eeL ated from .f1/'pe remembers eo as .teA eiiouf 5them be freey mijueted te ypres-eilt eey desired type character into operative or printing position.

The imeutieii :1150 provides' a construe tion whereby :the type piete cera, be irilred et the seme time that the type members are inked.

Sather features ef eur invention um prove .marking maoiiinee of this?, general um ture, ei :is wil?, be ,more liuiiy hereinafter ieecrioeti and. tiren peinte/ eutqiri the ei.

in order te give a proper understaiiding of the inrfeiitionwe have illustrated heroin a selected. eiribociiment thereof which will new be described.

Figure l represents a eide View of e grintin'gmaeliine embodying nur invention; Fig. Q is e vertical .transverse sectional View through the printing heed; Fig. 3 is a longitudinal View through the type plete on substantially the line .ff-w, Fie'. 2; Fig. i

Ae a bottom plan view of the type lplate; Fig. 5 lsfe ragmentzry underside View of the printing head with the typo plate in operative position; Figs. 6 and 7 ure eidey views ofthe priotinghezxd Showing the letter fully raised from `the pieten and 'in print-img position.; Fig. 8 is a. section of the contract-ien for operating the type-plete eer rior.

As Stetei above, our invention lwhites to well-known typeof marking machine having a printing heed provided with imi@ pexlently settable .rotitabie type members and. means for moving said .printing head f towerfi and from the pleiten. in thef'eirew" ings We Eleve show'n at l 'a fre-me having :z pia-ten. 2 on which? theworkto lee printedfs Supported. and at 3 we have shown a printing head which includes a piureity of rote-f,- `tu'oie type mgmt ers i that are independently eettabie. These vtjy'pe members are herein shown as rotatably mountedon e centre?. tubular supporting member 5 .which ie lcer acters 12, and suitable means are provided for independently rotating each type member to bring any character thereon into printing position. The type-setting members may be' of any suitable construction,

but as they form no part of our present invention it is not deemed necessary to" illustrate them herein in detail. It is suli- 'cient for the present purposes to say that this construction comprises a setting Wheel 13 shiftable longitudinally on a shaft 14 and capable of being brought into mesh with the type-bearing projections 11 of any one of the-type members.

We have shown at 140 an inking pad carried by a lever 15 which is actuated by a cam 16 mounted on the shaft 10.

The parts thus far described may have any suitable or usual construction and do not constitute part of our present invention which relates to a construction by which a type plate separate from the type members 4 can be used in conjunction therewith for making a printed impression. The `type plate is shown generally at 17 and it is provided with a plurality of type characters 18 and is so sustained that when the parts are in operative printing position the type characters 18 Will be situated closely adjacent those type characters 12 which are in printing position, as seen clearly in Fig. 2. This type plate 17 is adapted to extend transversely of the printing head 3 and it .is mounted in a carrier herein shown as comprising the two side members 19 situated at either end of the printing head and capable of movement relative thereto, these side members being pivotally mounted on the studs 20 extending from the head. In the preferred embodiment of our invention the type plate is removably sustained in the side plates 1.9 so that it can be readily taken out therefrom and replaced by another type plate. lVhile the type plate may have any suitable construction which will permit it to perform its proper functions, the type plate We have herein illustrated is formed with a body portion 17 having at each side thereof two arms 21 which are provided with ribs 22 that are adapted to rest on lips formed in the members 19 of the carrier, as seen in Fig. 3, so thatv the plate can be readily Withdrawn from the front of the carrier or inserted into position from the front thereof. The type 18 on the type plate are situated closely adjacent the rear edge 23 thereof and the type' plate 'is so constructed that when it is in operative position said edge 23 comes adjacent to and preferably in contact with the type-bearing projections 11 that are in operative printing position, as shown in Fig. 2. ASaid type plate may be provided With in the. position shown in Fig. 2 the type 18 thereon stand closely adjacent'to the type 12,on the members 4 that are in printing position, and the adjacent type-bearing projections 1l are sufiieiently-far removed from the type which 'is in printing position so that there is no danger that they will `smear or mark the sion is made.

Inasmueh as the type members 4 must be capable of adjustment to. bring different type thereon into printing position, it 1s necessary to provide means 'for moving the type plate 17 out of engagement With the type members at such times as they are to be adjusted. We have provided a mechan ism by which the type plate is automatically moved toward and from the type members as the printing head is moved toward and from the platen so that when the ,printing head is in printing position the type plate will be in its operative position shown in Fig. 2, While when the printing head is raised and the parts brought to rest, the type plate will be removed from the type members suiiiciently to permit them to be adjusted. The above mechanism also operates to bring the type plate into operative position relative to the type members at the time that the inking pad is moved forwardly to ink the type members, so that the type plate and type members, will be inked at the same time. Our invention therefore provides for placing the typev plate in its operative position relative to the type members at the time` that the printing impression is being made and at the time that the type members are being inked and for maintaining the type plates separated from the type members at the time when the type members are in position for being adjusted. This end is herein accomplished byv goods when the printed impres-l pivotally mounting the members 19 of the type plate carrier on the printing head, said members being pivotallyl mountedon the studs 20 in the present 'embodiment of the invention. Means are also provided forgiving the type `plate carrier a rocking movement about the pivotal studs 20 aS -the printing head rises and falls. While any4 suitable device for accomplishing this may be em ployed, We have herein shown a connection between the type carrier 19 and the frame by which the up and down movement of the of the iyp@ pmt@- ommen.

amisbwmll tn m515 Shel sum. 7 is Simi@ J 4 bers. when the machine smtn np da mmv? firstmoves @13m-MTU? to ih@ ,fk-

Qi lum/amant', @Law Big. i, during which time, tha l pad moves forwald to ink he meliubex's W anfhen the printing head n'ves eww wmdly into printing'positionj Fig. Y, ming which me 511% img pad. Wthdmwn., hs is tha Way @which mfp chime; of this particular mamie eommsmly. operate. l

The are s@ cogqsxuczedimd. angef that Wham the printing head sin LUS inger* mediate pwstion h@ Sinds 2@ and. 3f) :we neme? tngeiherthan when @he painting 2d seen in Big5; 6 and 75 'espectvely. 1Q eescoplc connecblon, 130i auch a l gil tom of @bhs rec-ass in. h@ tabu# that when /hepmmg head man whermedateposiP-on shawn. in F113'. l? maar studs E20, thusrcal'ryi the ypafpa'e away from the type members f'/Vhen the print ing head moves dewnwaly inw @Fim-,ing posomlaoweveij, the studs 20 mmf@ imm he studs 30 and the teesmpo @o mation isv extended, ih@ spzngs- 39C. be stretehedas Shown in' if., and by MMM pmsionfnd msfms to move 'the typ@ pkw@ l @tion priming head having membersa :m ypa paxbam and painting", hemd' .1' mimi(Y 4a printed mby/ auch renon th@- 'type plate.,

c plate relative to sai printing head to bring said type plate into position to print when the printing head is in printing position and to separate said type plate from the printing head when the latter is raised.

5. In a markmg machine2 the combination with a platen, of. a printin head having rotary adjustable ,type mem ers, means to .move the pninting head toward and from the platen, a type plate movable relative to the printing head, said type plato when in operative position Vhaving means to engage the ad'ustable type members and lock the .latter om rotating, and means to move the type plate away from the typel members whenvv the printing head is raisediwhereby said t pe members may be adjusted.

6. a marln'ng machine,'tlie combination with a platen, oi': a printing head having roltary yadjestable type members, means to move the printing head toward and from made by t the platen, a type plate movable relative to the printing head, said type plate when in operative position having means to engage the ad'ustable typemembers and lock the latter from rotating, and means operated by the movement of the printing head to move the type plate away from the type members when the printingv head is'raised whereby saizd iiype members may be adjusted.

n a marking machine, the combination with a platen, of a rinting head having a plurality of adjustalile type members, each presenting a plurality or type-bearing projections, means to move said head toward and from the platen, a type late carried by the head and having a type-bearing portion adapted to be received between those typebearing projections of the members that are in printing position and the adjacent projections whereby the impression made by the type plate is closely adjacent to that e type members, and means actuated by the movement of the printing head to move the type plate toward and from the type members.

8. In a marking machine, the combination with a platen, of a printing head having adjustable type members, actuating means for the printing head by which the latter is moved toward and from the platen and is brought, to rest in an elevated position, a

type plate sustained by the printing head, and means actuated by the movement of the printing head to move the type plate'int operative position as the printing head approaches the platen and into an' inoperative position separated :froml the type members whent/he printing head is raised.

Imoves toward and from the platen.

' 10. In a marking machine, the combination with a frame carrying a platen, of vibrating arm pivoted to said frame, a printing head carried thereby and provided with adjustable type members, a type plate carriei pivoted to the printing head, a ty e plate sustained thereby, and connections Ibetween said carrier` and frame whereby the type plate is moved toward and from the type members as the' printing head risesand falls.

11. In a marking machine, the combination with a printing head carrying adjustable type members, of a type plate carrier compr1sing.two connected side pieces at the ends of the printing head and pivoted thereto, a type plate sustained by said carrier, a platen, means to move the printing head relative thereto, and means connected to said carrier to move the type plate relative to the printing head as the latter moves toward and from the platen.

12. In a marking machine,the combination with a platen, of a printing head having adjustable type members, means to move the vprinting h'ead and platen relative to each other, means to ink the type members when vthe printing head is raised from the platen,

a type plate, and means to move said type plate into operative position when the printing head is carried into printing position and into inking position and to separate the type plate from the type members when the printing head is in an intermediate position.

13. In a marking machine, the combination with a platen, of a printing head having adjustable type members and means to adjust said members, means to move the printing head and laten relative to each other, an inking pa means to brinor said pad into contact with the type menibers to ink the latter when the printing head is separated from the platen, a type plate, and means to move the type plate into operative position at the times when the printing head is in printing position and-in inking position and to separate said typel plate from the type members when the printing head is in an intermediate position. i

means to move the print-' 14. namarking machine, the combination members simultaneously when the pinting with a, platen, of a rinting head having adhead is separated from the platen. justable type mem ers, means to move the In testimony Whereowe have signed our platen `and printing head relative to each names to this speoeqtion, in the presence 15 5 other to make a printed impression, a type of two subscribing Witn sses.

plate, means to move the type plate into FRED A. PUTNAM. operative position as the prlntlng head comes into printing position and to separate CHARLES F' ROBBINS' said type plate from the printing head when Witnesses:

10 the printing head is in lnoperative position, E. C. LONGFELLOW,

and means to ink the type plate and type CONRAD W, TUPER. 

